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25 October 2013
MINSK, 25 October (BelTA) – The CIS Heads of State Council will sit at the Palace of Independence in Minsk on 25 October, BelTA has learnt. The CIS Heads of State Council meeting will be the key event within Belarus’ presidency in the CIS in 2013. Belarus’ presidency in the Commonwealth of Independent States follows the motto “Integration for the benefit of people: stronger neighborly ties, the development of economic cooperation, assistance for improving the accessibility of green...
18 October 2013
MINSK, 18 October (BelTA) – Green technology for Belarus is an investment in the country's economic security, Chief Research Officer of the Institute of Environmental Management of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, academician Ivan Lishtvan said at the seminar “Renewable Energy: Experience, Problems and Development Prospects” held in Minsk on 17 October as part of the 18th Belarusian Energy and Ecology Forum, BelTA has learnt. According to Ivan Lishtvan, today the world is...
4 October 2013
ASTANA, 4 October (BelTA) – Presidents of Belarus and Kazakhstan Alexander Lukashenko and Nursultan Nazarbayev will hold talks in Astana on 4 October. The Belarusian leader arrived in Kazakhstan on an official visit on 3 October, BelTA has learnt. It is expected that the high-level meeting will highlight bilateral trade, economic, political and humanitarian relations between Belarus and Kazakhstan as well as multilateral cooperation including coordination of efforts towards Eurasian...
28 August 2013
MINSK, 24 July (BelTA) – The Tax Free system will need some time in Belarus to catch on, Belarusian Trade Minister Valentin Chekanov told media on 24 July, BelTA has learned. “I think the fitting process will take till the end of the year. But Beltamozhservis has a serious attitude towards this business,” noted the Trade Minister. Valentin Chekanov reminded that Beltamozhservis had been chosen to operate the Tax Free system in Belarus. The project will also involve the national...
22 August 2013
MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) – A wise approach should be practiced in fighting African swine fever. The statement was made by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the government session held on 22 August to discuss the epidemic situation in the pig breeding industry and measures to fight the viral swine disease, BelTA has learned. Alexander Lukashenko remarked that the international practice indicates that the only way to stop an epidemic is fast and total slaughter of home-bred and...
23 July 2013
MINSK, 23 July (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has approved the resolution of the special fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus on the social support of talented pupils and students. In line with the resolution, prizes are given to 757 students, BelTA learned from the presidential press service. Prizes in the amount from Br400,000 to Br700,000 are bestowed upon six winners of the 2013 nationwide Olympiad of professional excellence among the students of...
18 July 2013
MINSK, 18 July (BelTA) – Belarus has banned pork import from Rostov Oblast, the Russian Federation, BelTA learnt from the Veterinary and Food Monitoring Department of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. According to Rosselkhoznadzor (the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance), African swine fever was detected in this region. In this respect Belarus has introduced a ban on the import of live animals, pork and processed pork products, hides, hoof...
11 July 2013
VITEBSK, 11 July (BelTA) - The 22nd international arts festival Slavonic Bazaar opens in Vitebsk on 11 July, BelTA has learnt. Partaking in the opening concert will be artists and art groups from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia and France. Stars and famous art groups will feature, too, including Anatoly Yarmolenko and the Syabry band, Inna Afanasyeva, Anzhelika Agurbash, Alyona Lanskaya, Edita Piekha, Nadezhda Babkina and the ensemble Russian Song, Alexander...
26 June 2013
GOMEL, 26 June (BelTA) – The international youth tent camp Druzhba 2013 will open at the Friendship Monument at the border of the Gomel, Bryansk and Chernihiv oblasts on 26 June, BelTA learnt from the oblast committee of the BRSM Youth Union. Partaking in the forum hosted by Ukraine this time will be about 2,000 young people from the Gomel, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Bryansk oblasts, Moscow and other cities. The program for 26 June will include the arrival of all official delegations of...
30 May 2013
MINSK, 30 May (BelTA) – The Spanish visa center will open its doors in Minsk on 31 May, BelTA learnt from the Foreign Ministry of Belarus. “According to the information got by the Foreign Ministry of Belarus from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in the Russian Federation, the order of issuing visas for trips to Spain changes on 31 May 2013,” the press service said. Starting from 31 May 2013 documents on getting visa to Spain will be received by the Spanish visa center located in...